Ib Like Water for Chocolate Analysis

February

|Settings           |The chapter opens with the kitchen (“Tita’s Realm”) as the main setting, but it has a different             |
|                   |significance now because there is a direct relationship with the wider society due to “the wedding”.       |
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|                   |The entire novel is set in a time of political instability- The Mexican Revolution. At this time, women     |
|                   |began to gain freedom, appreciation and respect from men, allowing them to find a place for themselves. In |
|                   |this chapter, Tita shows initial signs of bringing across immense emotion through her cooking and its       |
|                   |products. This is an act of liberation that Mama Elena would not approve of if she knew of the             |
|                   |consequences.                                                                                               |
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|                   |“White” is constantly repeated throughout this chapter, it shows how the writer makes Tita seem mentally   |
|                   |unstable because all she can think about is the wedding, and weddings are mostly all white. She seems       |
|                   |mentally unstable because the whiteness of the wedding seems to have blinded Tita because “[Tita] asked if |
|                   |Nacha was going to add the red food color to the icing” when Nacha already did.                             |
|Character         |During this overwhelming year of the month, Tita continually thinks of the colour “White” because all she   |
|                   |can think about is the marriage between her sister and Pedro (the love of her life) which leads her to     |
|                   |become mentally... [continues]

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